Much to her dismay, Goodman found that candidates in Illinois need not be registered to vote, even though their petition signers must be.

"I find nothing in the Election Code that tells me that a candidate has to be a registered voter at all," Goodman said. "I think we all agreed that the petition signers have to be registered voters at the addresses shown on their petitions, and I have a hard time understanding the logic used to require candidates to have a lesser connection to the voting process than petition signers. But there it is . . . However troubling I find this issue . . . I believe I'm compelled to grant the motion to dismiss."